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Discover Magazine's Vital Signs
True Tales of Medical Mysteries, Obscure Diseases, and Life-Saving Diagnoses
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
“Vital Signs,” a popular column featured in Discover Magazine, has long been a favorite of readers, showcasing, each month, fascinating new tales of strange illnesses and diseases that baffle doctors and elude diagnosis. Each tale is true and borders on the unbelievable. It’s no wonder that...
by Dr. Michelle Kmiec
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
After being desperately sick ten years ago, the medical profession offered her nothing but prescription drugs and outrageous “healthcare” bills. Not willing to accept that as her faith, if she was to be healthy again, she decided she would have to look for the answers herself.
That’s...
Medical Crisis:What Every Caregiver Should Know
What Every Caregiver Should Know Diagnosis, Surgery, Hospital Stay, Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Most of us are unprepared for medical crises. We go about our daily lives and dont give much thought to our ability to handle medical emergencies. Often we hear about afflictions that have affected people we know. Maybe we even have friends, family members and acquaintances that have had such experiences....
by Peter D Turnpenny, BSc MB ChB DRCOG DCH FRCP FRCPCH FRCPath FHEA, Sian Ellard
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Master the genetics you need to know with the updated 14th Edition of Emery’s Elements of Medical Genetics by Drs. Peter Turnpenny and Sian Ellard. Review the field’s latest and most important topics with user-friendly coverage designed to help you better understand and apply the basic principles...
by Jane B Night
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
What Are Medical Records?Who Can See My Records?What if the Healthcare Facility Makes a Mistake and Gives My Records to an Unauthorized Individual?Why Should I Request a copy of my Medical Records?If There is an Error, How can I get it Fixed?What Parts of my Medical Record do I need?Jane B...
by Jimmy Cai
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
Seen commercials about medical coding schools and wonder if the profession is right for you? With the field expected to grow faster than other occupations, now is the time to consider a future in medical coding. There is a national shortage of certified medical coders in healthcare facilities, hospitals...
by Frank Hoffmann, Martin J Manning
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Find all the information you need on herbs and spices in one place!
Herbal Medicine and Botanical Medical Fads is an A-to-Z reference book written in a straightforward style that’s informative enough for library use but informal enough for general reading. This essential guide takes a practical...
by Sheldon Cohen M.D. FACP
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
A medical error occurs when a healthcare provider chooses an improper method of care, or inappropriately executes a correct method of care. Medical errors result in death and disability. More often than not, the medical error results from a system failure, a lack of coordination amongst those responsible...
How Not To Be A Doctor
And Other Essays
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Doctor and medical columnist John Launer has written on the practice and teaching of medicine for many years. Now, more than fifty of his essays have been collected in How Not to Be A Doctor. Taken together, they set out an argument that being a doctor—a real doctor—should mean being able to draw...
Medical Mysteries
From the Bizarre to the Deadly . . . The Cases That Have Baffled Doctors
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
Medical Mysteries takes you to the front lines of the medical fringe, where absolutely anything is possible.From the files of the hit ABC primetime show Medical Mysteries comes this impossible-to-put-down collection of the strangest medical stories you are ever likely to hear.
Reality Stories of Medicine
Things About Patient Care You Don't Learn at School
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
This e-book is intended for healthcare providers at any level, students or practitioners. It contains six chapters of "real life" medical stories with over 300 observations learned from the day to day life of a practicing internist and subspecialist. Dr. Gullberg is a physician who has been...
by Arle Hagberg
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
"If you still have five minutes of lucid thought process, YOUR ALZHEIMER'S IS REVERSIBLE... I can tell whether a schizophrenic patient has taken the supplements for a few days when he enters my office, as he will be normal."- Find the legacy of this eminent Canadian Psychiatrist in Part 3*Dr....
Next Medicine
The Science and Civics of Health
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Every year, the average American spends about $7,300 on medical expenses. The typical Canadian pays $2,700, the Briton only $2,000. And yet, according to the World Health Organization, our healthcare system, in terms of total quality, ranks thirty-eighth in the world, right between Costa Rica and...
Integrative Medicine
Acheiving Wellness Through the Best of Eastern and Western Medical Practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Integrative Medicine seamlessly blends Eastern and Western medical traditions into an informative and readable resource.
Author, Kathleen Phelan brings her skills as an investigative reporter and her experience as a medical writer to bear in a tour de force-part history. part story. part resource-...